Mount Pleasant, NY
Sports
Ex-Westchester Stars Jerome, Paschall Have Final Four Hopes Ex-Westchester Stars Jerome, Paschall Have Final Four Hopes
Ex-Westchester Stars Jerome, Paschall Have Final Four Hopes Some former Hudson Valley high school basketball standouts are set to star at the NCAA Tournament and are eyeing a deep run into the Final Four. Ty Jerome, a four-time varsity letterer at Iona Prep, will take center stage playing in the backcourt of the top-seeded University of Virginia, while former Dobbs Ferry High School star Eric Paschall will take the court for the sixth-seeded Villanova Wildcats in the South region. Jerome, a New Rochelle native, is highly regarded as one of the top guards in the country. The 6-foot-5 junior finished the season averaging 13 points a game and hit nearl…

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by Zak Failla
Fairfield, CT
Politics
Lamont May Push Legislators To Extend Sales Tax To Groceries, Medication For First Time Lamont May Push Legislators To Extend Sales Tax To Groceries, Medication For First Time
Lamont May Push Legislators To Extend Sales Tax To Groceries, Medication For First Time Groceries and medications may soon be the subject of sales tax as Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont attempts to cut into a reported $1.5 billion projected shortfall for the upcoming fiscal year. In an effort to close the projected shortfall, Lamont is considering introducing legislation that would see sales tax on groceries and other long-exempt items, according to a ctmirror.com report. The move would come in an effort to “bring fiscal stability” to the state. If approved by lawmakers, taxing groceries and other such items could generate hundreds of millions of dollars annually for the state, he…

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by Zak Failla
Armonk, NY
News
Three Involved In $3M Stolen Credit Card Ring Busted In Westchester Three Involved In $3M Stolen Credit Card Ring Busted In Westchester
Three Involved In $3M Stolen Credit Card Ring Busted In Westchester Three members of an alleged nationwide multi-million dollar stolen credit card ring were reportedly arrested in Westchester, according to the Westchester County Business Journal. The ring’s alleged leader, Hamilton Eromosele was charged with aggravated identity theft and he and two others, Youssouf “Slim” Traore and Deja Monet were charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, according to a WestfairOnline.com report. The credit card ring reportedly made more than $3 million in unauthorized purchases. The report states that the trio was arrested at a New Rochelle apartment and arrested on a…

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by Zak Failla
Fairfield, CT
Lifestyle
Connecticut Ranks High Among Most Innovative States In Nation Connecticut Ranks High Among Most Innovative States In Nation
Connecticut Ranks High Among Most Innovative States In Nation The current patent numbering and examination system was enacted in 1836, but in the last 20 years there has been a 183 percent surge of patent activity—an increase in issued patents from 122,975 to 347,642. So, where has all this patent activity been occurring? In the United States, the states with the highest number of patent issues per capita in the last five years have been California, Massachusetts, Washington, Minnesota, Vermont, Oregon, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Michigan and Colorado, according to this report.  On the opposite end of the spectrum, the least innovative states that ha…

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by Jon Craig
White Plains, NY
Politics
New Poll Shows How Gillibrand, Cuomo, Others Would Fare Against Trump In Potential 2020 Races New Poll Shows How Gillibrand, Cuomo, Others Would Fare Against Trump In Potential 2020 Races
New Poll Shows How Gillibrand, Cuomo, Others Would Fare Against Trump In Potential 2020 Races The next presidential election is more than two years away, but how do you think President Trump would fare against several Democratic prospects? A new poll, as reported here by Politico found the Republican president trailing potential rivals in a 2020 match-up.  This week's Politico/Morning Consult poll found Trump had paltry levels of support when matched up with nearly a dozen wannabe  Democratic presidential rivals. The poll found a high number of respondents undecided in about a dozen possible match-ups including two politicians from New York state.  Pitted against former Vice Presi…

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by Jon Craig
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Lifestyle
Get The Tissues: Military Sister Surprises Twins At Lodi Little League Game Get The Tissues: Military Sister Surprises Twins At Lodi Little League Game
Get The Tissues: Military Sister Surprises Twins At Lodi Little League Game A pair of twins who thought they had won a Nintendo Switch during a raffle during a Lodi Little League game instead got a much bigger surprise: A visit from their sister and her husband, who both serve in the U.S. Air Force. Nine-year-old twins Justin and Ryan Wilson see their sister Justine Asbridge and her husband Micheal once a year on average, NorthJersey.com reports. The twins apparently had been asking their father Ray Wilson when their sister would be coming home, according to the story. Justine is stationed in Oklahoma and Micheal is in Greenland, the article says. CLICK HERE FOR…

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by Cecilia Levine
White Plains, NY
Real Estate
New York Foreclosures At All-Time High, America At All-Time Low New York Foreclosures At All-Time High, America At All-Time Low
New York Foreclosures At All-Time High, America At All-Time Low Foreclosure auctions in the U.S. are at an 11-year low -- but not in New York. It's quite the opposite, as foreclosure auctions are at an 11-year high, according to a new report by ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s largest multi-sourced property database. ATTOM Data Solutions released its Year-End 2017 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — were reported on 676,535 U.S. properties in 2017, down 27 percent from 2016 and down 76 percent from a peak of nearly 2.9 million in 2010 to the lowest le…

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by Cecilia Levine
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Neighbors
Saddle Brook Dad Recovers After Emergency Brain Surgery On Business Trip Saddle Brook Dad Recovers After Emergency Brain Surgery On Business Trip
Saddle Brook Dad Recovers After Emergency Brain Surgery On Business Trip SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — Discovering that a loved one needs emergency surgery is never easy. Last month, it was even more difficult for Christynn Henriquez of Saddle Brook, whose husband was on business in Oklahoma when he began suffering from stroke-like symptoms last month. Yuniel "Nuni" Henriquez, who shares two girls with Christynn, needed emergency surgery -- before his family had time to get to him. Doctors found an abscess in his brain caused by two different bacterias and, while Nuni is doing much better, he's still in Oklahoma. "I was truly hoping to be able to transpor…

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by Cecilia Levine